diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 57e27b80697ff9b32cfd2c16718e303246711d4e..047cc82f11745be6b39b7d70408332dc48995f0e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ fi
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(NM, nm, strings)
-AC_CHECK_TOOL(OBJDUMP, objdump, strings)
+# Used only for the GNU-stack configure test.
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(OBJDUMP, objdump, false)
 
 if test "x$ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc" = xno ; then
   AC_ERROR([the C compiler doesn't handle ANSI-C])